Representatives from 155 countries and 150 organizations met in 1990 and pledged to provide education for all by the year 2000. This pledge was made at the World Conference on Education for All in Thailand. The intention of this conference was that children and adults alike would benefit from educational opportunities. The World Declaration on Education for All defined a bold, new direction in education. The literacy rate for the entire world is 82%. 87% of all males in the world are literate whereas 77% of all females in the world are literate. It is a common thought that if people were more literate, then the sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy rates would go down. According to campaign for education, 75 million children and 774 million adults are not getting a quality education. It is the worlds poorest that are not getting an education. Campaign for Education states that “education is imperative to tackling poverty”. One year of primary school can increase the wages people can earn later on in life by up to 15% for males and even more for females. Education can improve health as well. According to CfE, 7 million cases of HIV/AIDS could be prevented in the next decade if all children were educated. Also, a child that’s mother is literate is 50% more likely to live past the age of 5. No matter where a child is born, they deserve a change at education. Majority of the uneducated people live in the world’s poorest countries. In a lot of countries, women and girls don’t get the education they deserve because boys more favored to receive the education. CfE declared that “18 million more teachers are needed by 2015 in order for everyone to be educated by that date.”
The United States of America has recently began a huge campaign to increase the attendance rates at schools across the 50 states. President Obama has promised to better the schools and education quality in America. If only more countries could follow in President Obama's footsteps then the world would be well on the way to education for all.
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Representatives from 155 countries and 150 organizations met in 1990 and pledged to provide education for all by the year 2000. This pledge was made at the World Conference on Education for All in Thailand. The intention of this conference was that children and adults alike would benefit from educational opportunities. The World Declaration on Education for All defined a bold, new direction in education. The literacy rate for the entire world is 82%. 87% of all males in the world are literate whereas 77% of all females in the world are literate. It is a common thought that if people were more literate, then the sexually transmitted disease and pregnancy rates would go down.
According to campaign for education, 75 million children and 774 million adults are not getting a quality education. It is the worlds poorest that are not getting an education. Campaign for Education states that “education is imperative to tackling poverty”. One year of primary school can increase the wages people can earn later on in life by up to 15% for males and even more for females. Education can improve health as well. According to CfE, 7 million cases of HIV/AIDS could be prevented in the next decade if all children were educated. Also, a child that’s mother is literate is 50% more likely to live past the age of 5. No matter where a child is born, they deserve a change at education. Majority of the uneducated people live in the world’s poorest countries. In a lot of countries, women and girls don’t get the education they deserve because boys more favored to receive the education. CfE declared that “18 million more teachers are needed by 2015 in order for everyone to be educated by that date.”
The United States of America has recently began a huge campaign to increase the attendance rates at schools across the 50 states. President Obama has promised to better the schools and education quality in America. If only more countries could follow in President Obama's footsteps then the world would be well on the way to education for all.